Stanley A. McChrystal – Serious Action On Guns Needed

[Interviewer] Source: LYBIO.net
So, General, I want to ask you a bit more about the “Rolling Stone” article, but first, we have Mayor Bloomberg coming up, and one of his big issues is guns. And I’m just wondering, curious, does assault weapons, like the Bushmaster, have a place in our society here in America? What is your position, especially, given the recent event events?

[Stanley Allen McChrystal]
Yeah, I spin a career carrying typically either an M16, and then later an M4 carbine. And an M4 carbine fires a .223 caliber round, which is 5.56 millimeter at about 3,000 feet per second. When it hits a human body, the effects are devastating, it’s designed to do that and that’s what our soldiers ought to carry.

I personally don’t think there’s any need for that kind of weaponry on the streets and particularly around the schools in America. I believe that we’ve got to take a serious look. I understand everybody’s desire to have whatever they want, but we’ve got to protect our children, we’ve got to protect our police, we’ve got to protect our population and I think we got to take a very mature look at that.

[Interviewer]
So, we’re talking about background checks, we’re talking about banning certain types of assault weapons. We’re talking about trying to reduce the number of these guns and the ammunition that feeds them in our society. First of all, do you think that’s possible, and would you support legislation? Would you I don’t know go around the country and actually be very vocal about this?

[Stanley Allen McChrystal]
I think serious action is necessary. Sometimes we talk about very limited actions on the edges and I just don’t think that’s enough.

[Interviewer]
And if we are done?

[Stanley Allen McChrystal] Source: LYBIO.net
I think we’ll find out.

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